All Puzzles
Browse our collection of turn-one Pokemon TCG puzzles. Each puzzle is a real game state designed to be winnable this turn.
30 puzzles available
Block the Black Ray
Your opponent is about to win by using Necrozma GX's Black Ray GX move. Can you figure out how to win on this turn?
Meowscarada Madness (sans Mew)
You've got 3 prizes to take versus an incredibly unfavorable matchup. Can you as Meowscarada's Trainer find a way to claw back a victory? A sequence heavy puzzle with a focus on finding outs against all odds! NOTE: This puzzle was modified to correct a workaround where Mew just bonks Lucario.
Stutter Step
You are playing against Dragapult ex with your reliable Charizard. Dragapult has entered the stage where Charizard is nowhere to be seen. The Dusknoirs are locked and loaded to potentially take their last 4 prizes next turn, or at least wipe all of your Charmanders, so you need an out to win. Can you come out victorious with a 4 prize turn? The Charizard ex decklist featured is Hermanni Hietalahti's deck from Birmingham Regionals 2026 (4th place).
You've Got Mail!
Let's have some fun with the old Expanded format, you know, the one where Shaymin-EX was legal? You've been item locked for too long vs this Trevenant BREAK / Wobuffet deck. Your opponent is starting to knock out your Pikachu & Zekrom GX, and 1 more KO could give them the win. You've kept your resources managed well, but you have no energies currently in play. Can you figure out the path to victory on this turn?
Festival Finale
You're playing Festival Lead, and what should have been a decent matchup with TeraZard has been a slog because of tough prizing luck. But despite everything, you still find yourself in a position to possibly take the win this turn. Can you find it? Community Featured Puzzle 1/27/26
Break the Stall Wall
Throwback to 2018 S/M format! Your rival is playing one of those pesky Wailord/Steelix stall decks, and with only eight cards left in your deck, you're starting to sweat a little. But then you get it - there is a guaranteed path to victory this turn. What's the solution?
Clash of the Metas!
If you've browsed decklists before, you might've come across Japanese "City League" tournaments and their decklists. These decklists can often be very unique, due to the Japanese Standard tournaments running a best-of-1 format instead of best-of-3 in Regionals and IC's. This puzzle places a City League deck vs a unique Day 2 deck from Milwaukee Regionals 2025. You will control the latter deck, which is Farigiraf ex/ Crustle, a stall deck with unique offensive capabilities. Observe the board state and determine the path to claim your last 3 prizes and the victory on this turn!
Post-Rotation Madness!
With the upcoming format rotation approaching, decks that depended on Reg G cards need to find ways to achieve their same goals. Let's take Ceruledge for example. It loses Squawkabilly ex, a card that helped acceelerate energy discards fast! In the upcoming regulation, more "Go first, strike fast" decks are appearing, such as Mega Lucario ex. In this case, your opponent, although having a bad hand, was able to play Mega Lucario quickly, before you had time to bring out Ceruledge. See if you can find the quick win with the help of your Noctowls! Both of these decks are built from Reg H-J.
Bellow The Thunder!!!!
Raging Bolt has encounter an incredibly strange game state: With ALL 5 Grass energies prized dealing heavy damage has been a major issue! Fortunately, you're one of Bolts Strongest Soldiers; so with some proper sequencing and some creative thinking, you can pull off this win!!! Community Featured Puzzle 1/14/26
Unbelieeveeable Options
It's Game 3 and somehow you hadn't seen Mega Gardevoir the whole set so far, but now it's in the active! What's worse is that they just took a 4 prize turn and KO'd all your attackers. Fortunately Flareon Box has almost unlimited options, can you work out how to win this turn? Community Featured Puzzle 1/9/25
More Cards, More Problems
You have the do-everything deck of Armarouge Box playing against the ultra-meta Absol Box. Your opponent has a clear prize advantage and allowing them 1 more turn will more than likely give them the win. This game has developed very slowly. In your favor, this gives you a lot of cards in your hand, so you have a lot of options to run with. Consider **every possible win condition**, as well as your opponent's board state, and figure out the path to lock in the victory.
Comeback Time!
In this Dragapult vs Gardevoir matchup, our opponent Roaring Scream'ed away our Dragapult, and has 3 prizes left before we can even take a single prize! Believe it or not, we are still in this matchup, and can even sequence together a 6 prize turn and flip the script (pun-intended)! With 10 cards left in the deck, can you figure out how to grab exactly what you need and win the game? Community Featured Puzzle by Athylas
Thinning is Winning
Let's take a throwback to Worlds 2025, where ESP Gholdengo was a very popular option. You are in an end-game situation vs Dragapult ex and you need to win this turn. After prize checking during your ESP search, you confirmed that both Levincia and a Darkness Energy are prized. This deck does runs Redeemable Ticket, so there's hope of getting them out, but you'll have to be smart. Reminder - The Puzzle's proper solution does not rely on luck; there is a sequence that will guarantee you the win. With that said, we swapped out the Chanseys in this deck with ones that are less "lucky".
🎶Baby You're a 🎆 FIREWORK 🎇
It's New Year's Eve, so get your fireworks ready! This puzzle uses a nonsense deck to create a beautiful fireworks show. Can you take six prizes in one turn for a gorgeous display?
Gardevoir Energy Troubles
"Your Gardevoir skills may have put you in an odd situation, overcommitting on energies on the previous turn and using Latias ex to gain an easy KO. You are now left with no energies in the discard pile to fuel your next attacker. What if we told you that you could find a way to take 2 prizes and win the game this turn? Usually in Gardevoir, this would be an easy job for Drifloon, however, this deck doesn't run Drifloon" - Remarks from calvinopolis 12/30/25 Featured Community Puzzle
Break the Safeguard
Raging Bolt ex is a powerful and straightforward deck - you attach energies with Sada, Teal Dance the Ogerpon, draw a bunch of cards, then wipe your opponent off the face of the Earth. That is, unless you are playing against a smart opponent that is trying to stall you until they can get properly setup. In this case, you are playing a smart opponent, leaving only a Mimikyu to stall you with its Safeguard ability. Can you find the way to knock it off and end this match before your opponent can set up?
Bundle of Joy
You can't go through the holidays without thinking about Delibird! Well, in the case of current TCG play, let's stick with Iron Bundle. Future Box may have been quiet lately, but it is starting to see some resurgence in online tournments Can you score a turn 1 win by knocking out Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex?
Transformative "Smart"
You just started a game with Tera Box vs Gardevoir ex. You are going second. Your opponent only has a Munkidori in the active with an empty bench. This sounds like a lock, except for the fact you only have a lone Ditto in the active spot. Ditto's "Transformative Start" allows it to turn into any basic in the deck. Can you pick the right one that will claim the early win?
Corner(stone)-ed 2: Electric Boogaloo
If you played the first Corner(stone)-ed puzzle, you're in for quite a treat. Run it back now with N's Zoroark this time. How can you take down the Ogrepon in this scenario?
Cursed Matchup
Your opponent quickly got their Gholdengo ex's set up and one-shot your Dragapult ex. You are left with no backup Dreepy's! However, you were at least able to claim 2 prizes before the sweep fest begins. Somehow, some way, you can score a 4 prize-turn and the win with this current board state. Can you figure out the exact sequence to make it rain (pun intended) on your opponent?
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